Heartland Institute personnel

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Heartland Institute personnel are:

Board of Directors
The members of the Board of Directors as of April 2011 are: ,
 * Herbert J. Walberg, Chairman
 * Joseph L. Bast, President and CEO The Heartland Institute, Chicago
 * Rajeev Bal, Milwaukee, WI
 * Robert Buford, President, Planned Realty Group, Chicago
 * Richard Collins, Indianapolis, IN
 * Paul Fisher, attorney and Real Estate Department Chair, McGuireWoods LLC.
 * Daniel Hales, Peterson & Ross law firm, Winnetka IL
 * James L. Johnston, Amoco Corporation (retired)
 * Jeff Judson, former president of Texas Public Policy Foundation; Jeff Judson & Associates, San Antonio, Texas
 * Jeffrey B. Madden, IronBridge Capital Management, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois -
 * Arthur Margulis, Chicago Illinois
 * David H. Padden, President, Padco Lease Corporation
 * Frank Resnik, Medline Inc. (retired)
 * Mike Rose, Philadelphia, PA
 * Harrison H. Schmitt, Albuquerque, NM; emeritus geologist/astronaut

Previous
Present in 2009:
 * James Fitzgerald, Managing Director, BankNote Capital LLC
 * William Higginson, President, Chicago Equity Fund Inc.
 * Biju Kulathakal
 * Elizabeth Rose
 * Thomas Walton, Director of Economic Policy, General Motors Corporation

Staff
Staff as of September 2009: In September 2009, the Heartland Institute added admitted plagiarist Ben Domenech to its staff as Managing Editor of Health Care News, its publication on health care policy. Like Heartland's other publications, Health Care News publishes three months after events, and relies on college students and other freelance writers to develop content and obtain data and expert quotes without oversight.


 * Joseph L. Bast, President and CEO
 * Diane Carol Bast, Executive Editor
 * Gwendalyn Carver, Executive Assistant
 * Lauren Chrissos, Vice President - Development
 * Nikki Comerford, Associate Publisher and Events Manager
 * Ralph Conner, Local Legislation Manager
 * Brian Costin, Assistant Director of Government Relations
 * Karla Dial, Managing Editor - School Reform News
 * Keely Drukala, New Media Specialist,
 * Ben Domenech, Managing Editor, Health Care News
 * Kristine Esposo, Corporate Relations Manager
 * Kevin Fitzgerald, Vice President - Programs
 * Peter Fotos, Director of Government Relations
 * Matthew Glans, Legislative Specialist
 * Latonya Harris, Computer Systems/Web site Manager
 * Tonya Houston, Administrative Assistant/Database Manager
 * S.T. Karnick, Publications Director
 * Robin Knox, CHCC Liaison/Assistant
 * James Lakely, Managing Editor
 * Jay Lehr, Science Director, Senior Fellow Environment Policy
 * Kevin Leonard, Senior Graphic Designer
 * Maureen Martin, Senior Fellow Legal Affairs
 * Kevin Leonard, Senior Graphic Designer
 * Dan Miller, Executive Vice President and Publisher
 * Darrell Moore, Administrative Assistant/Data Entry Clerk
 * Tammy Nash, Media Relations Manager
 * John Nothdurft, Legislative Specialist
 * John O'Hara, Membership Manager
 * Elizabeth Ow, Graphic Designer
 * Cheryl Parker, Administrative Assistant - Operations
 * Zonia Pino, Legislative Specialist
 * Steve Stanek, Managing Editor, Budget & Tax News
 * James M. Taylor, Managing Editor, Environment & Climate News
 * Latreece Vankinscott, Vice President - Administration

Senior Fellows
As of February 2009, Heartland's "Senior Fellows" -- which it states on its website "write scores of articles--from letters to the editor to full-blown policy studies--conduct media interviews, testify at legislative hearings, and speak to audiences ranging in size from 10 to 10,000" -- are :
 * Dennis Avery, Senior Fellow, Climate Change
 * Sandy Liddy Bourne, Senior Fellow
 * George Clowes, Senior Fellow, Education Policy
 * Wendell Cox, Senior Fellow, Urban Growth and Transit Policy
 * Richard Dolinar, Senior Fellow, Health Care Policy
 * Robert Holland, Senior Fellow, Education Policy
 * James Johnston, Senior Fellow, Energy and Regulatory Policy
 * Jay Lehr, Science Director, The Heartland Institute
 * Maureen Martin, Senior Fellow, Legal Affairs
 * John Rutledge, Senior Fellow, Economic Growth and Technology
 * Greg Scandlen, Director, Consumers for Health Care Choices
 * James Taylor, Senior Fellow, Environment Policy
 * Steven Titch, Senior Fellow, Infotech & Telecom Policy
 * Herbert Walberg, Chairman, Board of Directors
 * Lee Walker, Senior Fellow, Urban Affairs
 * Brian Wesbury, Senior Fellow, Federal Budget and Tax Policy

"Global warming experts"
See Heartland's "global warming experts" list at Heartland Institute/Global warming experts.

(As a group, "Global warming experts" who minimize the risks of climate change have less expertise than those who don't. )

Former Staff

 * Nick Baker, Legislative Specialist - left in 2008 or early 2009
 * Jim Eiden, Legislative Specialist
 * Cece Forrester, Development Assistant - left in 2008 or early 2009
 * Susan Konig, Managing Editor, Health Care News
 * Phylicia Lyons, Executive Director, Illinois School Choice Initiative
 * Trevor Martin, Government Relations Director - left in 2008 or early 2009
 * Erin Murphy, Legislative Specialist
 * Zwahy'yah McElrath, Data Entry Clerk/Receptionist - left in 2008 or early 2009
 * Sean Parnell, Vice President - External Affairs
 * James Rottet, Legislative Specialist
 * John Skorburg, Associate Editor, Budget & Tax News
 * Michael Van Winkle, Media Specialist

Former Board Members

 * Walter F. Buchholtz, Government Relations & Issues Advisor, ExxonMobil Corporation. On page 20 of Heartland's 2005 IRS return he was listed as a 'Government Relations Adviser'. (Pdf)
 * Roy E. Marden, formerly with Philip Morris